Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

106 reviews

maxxieboo's review against another edition

Got half way through the book and nothing but back and forth emotional manipulation between the protagonists. Plus the romantic under tone for an adult and minor relationship is icky. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

ksilvio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

hanreadssbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

i love laura thalassa’s work. this was a highly anticipated read for me and i was not disappointed. if you like fairies and supernatural beings and spice and tension, you’ll love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kathwingrace's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Rhapsodic was a fairly spicy Romantsy story. It was scary but threaded with sexual assault.  The age difference between the characters was problematic for me.  It wasn't just that there was one, but the age and circumstances of their first meeting  gave me the ick.  The mystery of the children and catatonic fae was scary, but I wasn't satisfied with the resolution.  Perhaps the payoff is further down the series, but I won't get there.  I don't like sexual victimization as a plot point, and it was really the only thing moving the story forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Infidelity, and Dysphoria

helminthy's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Very easy to read. The plot is interesting but the pacing made it clear that the characters were the focus. This would be fine if the character arcs were fleshed out, but they seem to change opinions and states in order to make the tone feel more broody. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Torture

vreyna20_2004's review against another edition

2.5

Good God. I’ve heard that this book was bad but Jesus Christ. I couldn’t even come up with good things about this book. Let me begin with some nitpicks of mine. Callypso Lillis is the name for the main character. I know it’s a real name, but it’s spelled like Calypso not Callypso and why Lillis?? Anyway, onto the next one. Desmond Flynn. His name is Desmond. I had thought he would have a badass name but no, his name is Desmond Flynn. Onto the next, Temperance. I’ve read two books with that name, and I can’t take it seriously. You’re going to look me in my face and tell me Temperance is a real name?? Good Lord. I went into this book as blindly as possible and no one mentioned not even the book about how Desmond isn’t the only supernatural being in this book. There was werewolves which I didn’t know Cally’s ex-boyfriend was one until she mentioned it and she also is a siren. This would’ve made sense if the author simply said so in the beginning of the book that there’s supernaturals in this world which also just so happens to be located in motherfucking Los Angeles because LA is the most magical and mystical place on Earth. It also took until Chapter 8 for ANY fantasy to happen. Fucking chapter 8 and it didn’t take until half of the book for my interest to be piqued.

They characters suck cause most of the time they’re together, they want to fuck each other so badly it literally deosn’t seem like a book more like let’s watch these two horny ass people want to fuck each other, not fuck. Whenever Callypso is horny she would call her vagina “lady parts” which was a lot. And God was hearing Callypso say “my Siren” got on my fucking nerves and the whole glamor also. Then theres edge lord Desmond Flynn talking about “deep stuff” only for him to say this most current time saying of all time and then the fact that he knew Cally when she was 16 and still had feelings for her but the book tries to excuse it as “in the supernatural world, 16 is considered an adult” like no, shut the fuck up. It gave me the ick so badly.

The story went so slow and then so fast in a manner of seconds I couldn’t even keep up with anything. It was all Des and Cally confessing and then them doing it over and over to Cally talking to the client only to get kidnapped and then she gets wings all of a sudden. I had to reread it and I was still confused. I also hated how they just killed Karnon without questioning him. That man committed war crimes but they let him die because Desmond got angy (I meant that spelling) and kills him because he touched Cally.

There’s only a few things I like about this book like the way Des says “mouthy thing” I can’t deny but blush at that or the fact that Des begged for more than a kiss and obviously the fact that he saved her even if it was late but it wasn’t worth it with the countless things I did hate about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

gracegetsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

tlpaladijczuk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

scook619's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship